As if losing starters Terrance Williams, Earl Clark and Andre McGee weren't enough, the Louisville Cardinals will have a tough schedule heading into the 2009-2010 season. An Associated Press article on July 2 has the Cardinals facing UConn and Syracuse along with St. Johns twice next season.
While those games are daunting enough, the single game schedule is no less appealing to Cardinal fans. While Louisville will welcome the likes of Georgetown, Notre Dame and Villanova to Freedom Hall, the Cardinals will have to travel to Pittsburgh, Marquette, Providence and West Virginia.
The Big East is the toughest conference in college basketball but to see those opponents lined up in a row must be a little nerve racking to any coach. But if anyone can handle the challenge of defending the conference crown in the toughest league in the country, it is Rick Pitino.
And he also knows if his squad survives such a gauntlet, they will be ready to make a run deep into the Big East and then on to the NCAA tournaments.
Keywords: 2009-2010 schedule, Big East Basketball, College Basketball, Louisville Cardinals, Rick Pitino, Syracuse, UConn
